I don't have children, however, I have been hospitalized numerous times for major depression and attempted suicide. No one knows what it is like until they have walked in our shoes. Time spent in there is tiring and very dismal.

As a writer, I interviewed some people and it was amazing what people think happens in the hospital. One lady was in the hospital for 3 weeks, finally got her first pass for a weekend, went home for only the Saturday but it just didn't go well. So she returned to the hospital. She called her husband later on, at which time he said his mother called, asked how she was and wondered why she couldn't have at least done some laundry when she was home for those few hours. She was seething when she told me this. I laughed when she said "where did this woman think I was, in some resort sipping cocktails by the pool!"

I just don't know what advice to give you, but please take care of yourself, and your husband really has to take some responsibility. Do you have other family members that could maybe watch the kids; you could maybe go to the park, make some time for yourself.

Take care.